We thought the day will never come. In fact, many of us did not fail to pray through whatever media we believe in for permanent postponement of the day.
We prayed to the Christian God through Jesus the Christ. Pray did we to the Moslem God through Mohammed, pbuh.
The many other gods of our fathers were also consulted. Ifa, Ogun, Sango, Sango, Obatala, Yemoja, Egungun and others were prayed unto.
Of course, we did not forget Bacchus!
Even those who claim to be free thinkers willed it not to happen.
However, we made a great mistake. We forgot to offer sacrifices to Laalu, ogiri oko, onile kangunkangun orun.
All we needed to have done was to put palm oil on Esu’s shrine and tell him that the governor and government have sent us to present him with hemlock.
If that had been done, Esu would have put airoju and airaye, prevarications, on their ways. The effect would have been a case of hoping to catch today but postponing it till tomorrow.
But we all know that tomorrow never comes!
There lies the last open place in Ibara housing estate. It’s going to be replaced by concrete structures.
We’re going to have misdevelopments. We are too serious to have recreational activities. But then, Aro is just a stone throw away. Abi, sebi Oyinbo people say if people are not able to relax, they are candidates for depression.
Our usual discussions and debates will be no more. What about the various watering holes? Afa jona, e nbere irungbon. They are all gone.
In any case, I think the government is playing a win-win game. When people are too free, they are open to recreational activities. This includes newspaper reading. When they read newspapers, tbey are abreast of the situation the world over. They then start having ideas.
Yes, information is power. When they drink its waters, they become Adam after eating the apple. They realise they are naked. Once they know that, they start having revolutionary intentions.
Was it not there that wailing wailers were complaining about Onifila Gogoro’s various acquisitions. What’s their business anyway? We built a befitting reinforced house in Ibara housing estate. We also built an ile gogoro to set the Ogun standard. We did all this from our money that we had before office.
But I heard some idiotic idiots have been going around saying we have eaten money. Let me correct them by saying money is not bread that can be eaten. The only thing one could do with public money is to misappropriate the funds.
But then why not if not? We’re not a government of arigbinmahes, people who will see opportunities and fail to utilise them. Afterall, did I ask the people to be akindanidani, foolish?
Yes, if they are not foolish, they should be keeping government on its toes. But they dont. Rather, they are satisfied with the miserly crumbs from the gubernatorial dining table.
Then, let us have concrete structures everywhere. This will show them that whatever their complaints may be, we are not listening because they are only speaking to konkere.
We are truly a government of the deaf!
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